The morning did not start well. My alarm didn’t go off, so I was running late. Then I stepped in Ripple’s poo while I was out looking for it.
He likes the back corner where the too tall grass is covered with fallen leaves.
It would probably make a great picture for one of the I Spy books.
Can you find the poo?
So glad I don’t have to wipe any pet butts though.
We had some excitement, of the kind I don’t need, here the other night. The dogs cornered a kitten under a fir tree in the yard. I got Echo in pretty quickly but Ripple was being an ass about it. I missed seeing it, but my son said the kitten launched itself onto Ripples face. I heard Ripple yelp. I finally got him in. He has a scratch on his muzzle and something in his mouth was bleeding. I think maybe his lip.
My son and I went out several times to check on the kitten, which appeared to be okay, and to try to catch it. We put a little food out for it, but it can’t stay under the tree. The last time I tried to get it, it ran under the shed.
By morning it had moved on. I hope it joins the other stray out on the porch. There’s food, water, and shelter from the weather.
Have to go pick up groceries today. And irk, there’s always irk, which has become very irksome lately.
Instead of the chill pills try kitty crack. When I need to get folks’ nails and such, I get them high as fuck first. Load their favorite toys with catnip and let them go nuts until they crash. THAT’S when you do the clipping and the grooming. They’re too wiped and chill to care.
The new school year is shaking down nicely. Getting back into a groove and the students are sponges, they’ve been away for so long. We’ll see how they feel when the novelty has worn off. My guess is right before the quiz on Friday!
So got sent to load the Surepost today. Positive: A fan! Negative: Green isn’t set up for Surepost, so I had to sort 4 trucks off stuff on the slide. But I made beer money.
I need to amputate his feettrim Gordie’s toenails. I give him Benedryl in a Kraft slice, AKA “Sleepy cheese”
Gordie likes pooping in the ground cover. Which ain’t fun to clean up.
Quiet reigns. I set up a wading pool on the laundry deck and stripped Roxy down. The comforter that I’d washed was spread across 5 lines so it shaded the pool, and Roxy played there for almost 2 hours! I even brought the hose up so she could play with it, so she got good and tired out. And there’s so many tall plants around that deck, even if someone was passing by and decided to be offended by a nekkid toddler, they couldn’t have seen her.
Then she had some blueberry yogurt and a side of strawberries for lunch, and her mama just took her home. FCD got a surprise eye exam appt today at 4 (instead of the one in October) so I’m going to go with him, and afterwards, we’ll go get supper. But till then, he’s napping and I’m enjoying the quiet. In a bit, I’ll go empty the pool - no need giving skeeters a place to breed.
Yesterday SWMBO asked me to bring her some Gummi Vites from Trader Joe’s. Just got back from there, and they didn’t have any. I was told they’d been discontinued.
But I did get her a pot of calla lilies, which is probably her favourite flower. I hope they’re OK in the car for another three hours or so, plus the three-hour drive home.
FCD has new specs on order. We had soup and salad at Olive Garden, and now we’re home in chillage mode. And for your daily dose of toddler adorableness, Roxy saw her first “honeybird” flitting around my petunias. Did I mention when we went to the zoo, she saw “polie bears”? I love kid-talk!
For those who don’t speak kid, that’s hummingbird and polar bear.
Howdy Y’all! Mowage got achieved though I had to wait until late mornin’. It rained sometime overnight so ‘twas very, very, wet out first thing. Anywho it got done. Sup also got made and et and nappage was achieved as well. I shall shortly turn myself in for the night however cause I’m tahrd and startin’ to feel sleepy.
Bailey is overdue for a nail trim and brush-out, but she’s going to doggy daycare tomorrow and they’ll take care of the grooming stuff for an extra $40. Totally worth it.
Over the weekend I started watching Mare of Easttown on HBO Max, and I’ve been watching a couple of episodes every evening. I don’t know why I put this show off; everyone’s right that it’s really good! It takes place in the county where I went to college, and everyone’s doing a great job with the accent…it’s a little distracting sometimes. Heh.
It took forever to fall alseep last night, and then I kept waking up for no apparent reason. It might have been subconscious stress about the upcoming lab work/surgery stuff. I’ve been tired all day, so I’ll try to turn in a little early tonight. I won’t read, though (stupid compelling Stephen King); I think I’ll just listen to some Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
Evening all. Soccer has been practiced, 11 of the 13 boys were there, still have a lot of work to do, but they seem to be getting better. Home to the normal 2sday Mac-n-Cheese and probably more Pepsi than is good for me, but I was thirsty.
And that’s about all to report. All y’all take care now.
Learn from my mistake - don’t order from Soulmia. Even on sale, the quality of their t-shirts ain’t worth the price, their size definition is pretty random, and if you want a refund, you have to send the item(s) back to China before they’ll process it. I bought 5 shirts and hate them all. I contacted “customer service” - at least I’m getting a partial refund (less than 1/3 of what I spent) and I don’t have to return anything, but I’m faced with donating these crappy garments. They’re even too crappy to use as dust rags! So deal with this company at your peril. You’re welcome. Honestly, if I’d known from the start that their stuff was from China, I wouldn’t have ordered in the first place.
OK, that’s out of my system.
It’s a Roxy-less day. I’m going to try to get my hair cut, and I have to pick up my ceramic masterpieces. I also need to run to Food Lion. And probably do other stuff. I intend to wing it.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 74 Amurrkin out and foggy with a predicted high of 92 with probable rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon/evenin’. We shall see. Today we shall procure comestibles, I shall make a Sam’s run and, of course, the usual church janitor Junior Warden duties must be done. Sup shall be chikin 'n dumplin’s with side matter TBD.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and bother of bothers, I suppose I must purtify and don appropriate bein’ about the public attire. Life is just so difficult!
It’s currently a coolish 51 degrees with a predicted high of 80 and partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow we’re supposed to see some raindrops and temps around 70.
It’s been LOOOOOONG week and I have only worked one day of it so far. Today and tomorrow promise to be ultra busy, but that’s every day anymore. I’m ready for another vacation, lol! At least it’s my short week!
Polar wasn’t interested in coming back in the house last night when I went to bed, so I left him outside. At around 1:00 am, I heard him howling (like at the moon), so my husband went downstairs and had him come back into the house. At that point, my husband stayed up for a while and I guess Polar wanted back out again because when I came down at 4:00 am, he was lying on the back porch. So, I gave him his meds and he came in for his morning snack. He’s currently chilling out next to me. When it becomes light outside, I’ll check for evidence of BMs. Probably none, but one can hope.
There’s really not much else going on in my little corner of the world. Same ol’, same ol’. Work, a little VR for exercise, see if there is something new on Netflix or Prime, go to bed. I wish this dumb knee would heal up. I can feel it twinging even when I’m doing VR stuff. Some of the VR stuff I do has you hop, move to the left or right, and bend or duck low and some of those movements, while not causing pain, seem to bother my knee a bit. It’s very frustrating.
It’s a nice 69 degrees outside. Supposed to get up to 94 with 88% humidity.
I don’t have to go outside, and so I won’t. Until I have to pick up the dogs from daycare and take my son to irk.
I need to call the vet. I forgot to ask about renewing Ripple’s license when I got his rabies shot. The daycare doesn’t have access to that information.
Got a call and email from the refinance people. No, we have not closed yet. It seems my current mortgage company is delaying sending a payoff to the refinance mortgage company, so they asked me to ask for it. I went online, clicked the link, put in the date the refinance told me to put in, hit send, and had the payoff letter.
That easy.
I really want to get this over. I have some repairs that need to be made but I don’t want to start anything major until after closing.
I hope some shit happens with Polar, Taters.
If I can help it, I don’t buy anything from China.
It’s usually crap.
I once ordered some shorts on Amazon and found out they were coming from China. I ordered them in my size, I think maybe a skinny 8-year-old could have worn them. If you held them up to the light, you could see through them.
Need to do some laundry today. The kitchen could use extra cleaning. Not that I feel like doing it.
